After just two days in Dublin, Lady Leah flew to London, and the 1995 annual catwalk was not only the first time in the history of Victoria's Secret, but also the most important event after the Super Bowl halftime show.

Seeing off his mother, Duke plunged headlong into work, even inviting Sophie on the set next door? Marceau forgot about the fact that he came out to drink together, and although his ability as a director has become stronger and stronger, his dedication to this profession has not diminished.

In mid-December, the weather in Ireland dropped to about 15 degrees Fahrenheit, and before the set was set up and some preparations were over, Duke announced that the crew was officially on because the beach set was ready.

It was Duke's biggest shoot in the film, surpassing even some of the battlefield scenes in "Independence Day."

On the sea, on the beach, and behind the coastal fortifications, the black pressure is full of people, including the props, makeup, costumes and other crew members, the total number of people participating in the filming of this scene has exceeded 2,000 people, which is a moment that tests Duke's overall planning ability.

Fortunately, these two thousand people will never appear in the same shot, and even those shots of hundreds of people, in fact, except for a few live actors in the front row, the rest will use CGI to add or replace the background in post-production, and this is not a one-shot shooting, and various montage techniques are enough to solve many shooting problems.

Of course, there will always be a lot of difficulties when filming, such as the sea near the British Isles is not calm this season, and the few big boats rented by the crew for filming are okay, and those landing craft are shaking on the sea, which makes many people uncomfortable, although the vomiting footage filmed is extraordinarily realistic. But it also wasted a lot of time.

The unit loaned by the Irish government is better, although it is an army, but it is also well-trained. The American GI actors led by Hanks, except for a few people who were born with exceptionally strong adaptability, basically vomited.

Standing in a tent under the German fortifications. Duke stares at the monitor, which is John? Schwartzman's footage from various camera assistants was a true reflection of the American soldiers in the landing craft before the war.

Duke's brow furrowed, clearly not too happy with the shot.

"Questions?" Sophia asked curiously, "I think it's very good." ”

"Huh?" Duke turned his head to look at her.

Maybe he participated in the shooting of many films, and this time served as an assistant director, Sophia? Coppola, who clearly had some confidence in herself, pointed to the monitor and said, "I think these reactions are very real." Some vomited, some prayed, some panicked, some pretended to be calm......"

"I haven't enlisted, though." Sophia looked at the resting place, where there were several Marine Corps officers, "but I have been in contact with them, and I think this is the most normal human reaction, if every soldier walks to the battlefield with high morale and death." That's a fake, right? ”

"The problem is not here, their tables are all very good."

Hear these words. Sophia was stunned for a moment, and Duke, without waiting for her to react, turned his head and beckoned to the director of photography who was sitting in the resting area, "John! Come here! ”

John? Schwarzman immediately walked over quickly.

"Is it a lens problem?" He asked.

"This, you see......" Duke pressed the pause button, pointing to the monitor. John, the lens is too bright, there is a sense of distortion, which is not in line with the documentary technique, and I asked for the light to be more dispersed and soft. ”

"And." Duke frowned, and added, "The colors are too saturated......"

"Fade?" Sophia interjected.

Duke nodded, "Yes, fade." ”

"It's not difficult." John? Schwarzman is an expert in this area, "I can do special treatment on film negatives and lighten the colors. ”

"As for the light." He thought about it for a moment and shouted to his assistant, "Ben, bring a hand-held camera." ”

Root? Watts walked over quickly with a hand-held camera, John? Schwartzman took it, fiddled with it for a while, took a few more shots at the sea interview, and said, "Duke, there's a way!" ”

He attached the camera to the monitor, pressed play, pointed to the screen and said, "Look at this lens, I took off the camera's protective lens, without the protective lens, the light can directly enter the lens and reflect off, which is more dispersed and softer than before." ”

"That's how for now." Duke is basically satisfied, "Try it a few more times and see it." ”

After a short break at the end of the crew, a large number of actors and extras wearing US military uniforms were ready to board the landing craft and return to the shaky sea.

"Zach ......"

Duke is also urgently assigning tasks, "You go to the second landing craft and capture the soldiers in the boat." John, you go to Boat One, and your mission is to keep an eye on Tom? Hanks! Sophia, are you with Ben? Watts went to the second speedboat, mainly to capture the bow and left side of the landing craft! David, you come with me to Speedboat One! ”

After saying that, Duke looked at the other three assistant directors and the rest of the camera assistants, "You guys are using long shots on the shore according to the pre-arrangement!" ”

The group went to get busy, Duke grabbed the hand-held camera next to him, walked to the beach, and walked to Sophia on the other side. Coppola shouted, "Be careful! Buckle up and don't fall overboard! ”

"You're still worried about yourself." Sophia shrugged her shoulders and said to Ben? Watts walked towards the speedboat parked by the sea.

Walking near the landing craft, Duke said to Tom first? Hanks and the others beckoned, waved to the officer leading the Irish side, and the American soldiers of the brigade walked into the landing craft, and an amphibious landing battle began again.

Although it is far from freezing, the sea water is still cold, and when standing on the speedboat to shoot the shot of the landing craft charge, the splash of water on the face and falling into the neck is absolutely uncomfortable, but Duke's figure has always been straight, and his enthusiasm and dedication to this career seem to have never faded.

End of shooting. Back on the shore, he, the director, didn't have time to rest, and reminded the relevant personnel of the crew to deliver hot water and hot coffee to all the people participating in the filming in time, especially several main actors, who were driven by him to change dry clothes in the trailer, after all, in case someone got sick. It will be the progress of the entire crew that will be delayed.

"You're soaking wet!"

Sophia, who had finished changing her clothes, walked over, pinched Duke's clothes, gave a thermos pot, and after Duke drank a few sips of hot coffee, she urged, "Hurry up and change your clothes, if you, the director, are sick, the crew will be in even greater trouble!" ”

With an 'ok' gesture to her, Duke stepped into his trailer. I took off my wet waterproof suit, changed into dry sportswear, grabbed a baseball cap and put it on my head, and returned to the set.

Most of the crew can take a break for a while, but Duke can't, he wants to review the footage that has just been filmed, but fortunately, after readjustment, it basically meets his requirements. Even if the light and color are still not ideal in some places, they can be solved by guò post-production technology.

I rested for about half an hour. Duke stepped out of the tent, looked at the scene that was still being set up, and strode over.

Because the filming has just started, the filming is not much smooth, let's talk about the scene of the landing craft charging that started filming first, and even rehearsed until the end of today's shooting. It has taken more than three days, and nearly half of December has passed, and if the film wants to catch up with next year's summer season, it must be accelerated, at least not slower, than the current shooting speed, after all, there is still enough time for post-production.

The next thing to shoot is the landing craft rushing to the shore. Although Ireland does not have as many messy environmental protection organizations in North America jumping out to give the crew a problem, the sea water here cannot be polluted casually, and animal plasma must not be used, and the props team specially ordered special ketchup and vegetable juice close to human blood.

The venue here Duke has taken people to step on it several times, just the script sketches and shooting plans, just make a thick stack, the preliminary preparation is sufficient, the shooting will become relatively smooth, the camera, the blasting point, the main actor positioning, etc., in the assistant director Zack? Under the leadership of Schneider, after three brief rehearsals, Duke asked the assistant director to call the start.

The sound of gunshots, the wind, the sound of water, the sound of explosions and the sound of miserable howls were mixed together for a while, and since the documentary shooting method was adopted, the method of live recording would inevitably be used.

The whole shooting scene was extremely chaotic, and the Irish extras who served as the background painting, according to their own settings, some fell at the door of the landing craft cabin, some died on the way to charge, and some hid behind obstacles......

Standing on the platform not far away, Duke tried his best to be a spectator, watching the situation at the scene, although the beach was chaotic, in fact, it was not out of control, before the start of filming, Zack? Schneider has been rehearsing here for a long time with them according to a pre-set plan.

The most critical position, John? Schwartzman personally controls a hand-held camera to capture Tom? Hanks as John? Captain Miller, the Oscar-winning actor and Hollywood superstar, also showed excellent professionalism, even when his whole body was almost soaked in the icy water, he still tried his best to complete his role.

The wounded rolled on the ground, the cowering soldiers huddled together and trembled, and there was no strong man under war, only cruelty......

As the battlefield quiets down, Duke returns to the beach, no matter the red liquid everywhere, and begins to arrange the scenes for those small scenes.

Soon, the beach regained its vitality, and a soldier shivered behind an iron frame made of triangle iron, as if he had lost his soul, Ben? Watts carried the camera, regardless of the backing and forth background figures, just capturing the soldier.

"Mom! Mom! The soldier shouted in fear.

Perhaps the soldier's appearance was too realistic, or perhaps this kind of cowardly behavior was indeed cowardly, Duke suddenly heard a sneering voice behind him, not loud, but enough to be recorded by the live recording equipment.

He turned his head, his eyes cold behind him. (To be continued......)

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